DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian citizen who was detained May 29 by Russian border guards for crossing the so-called administrative border with South Ossetia was released on Friday, June 21.
The 35th session of Incident Prevention and Reaction Mechanisms was held on
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Interior Ministry in Georgia Friday announced the discovery of more weapons in an underground cache in the western Samegrelo region.
The latest find adds four more barrels to a cache discovered last week containing weapons, drugs and surveillance
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s National Statistics Department will starts the first phase of a population census on July 1, 2014.
Minister of Regional Development Davit Narmania said Friday that the first part of the work will be conducted in the regions Adjara,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian border guards have detained two more locals on the de facto border with South Ossetia while several people detained during the last few weeks still remain in detention.
According to locals, armed Russian border guards took Zaza Khidasheli
TBILISI, DFWatch–June 20 a protest rally was held at Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel while parliament’s human rights committee was holding a meeting inside.
A few days ago, the committee presented a draft statement about the events of May 17, when radical clerics and
TBILISI, DFWatch–After criticism from the US Congress the government in Georgia decided to display proof of the former government’s illegal actions and organized a presentation of videos showing torture and mistreatment.
There was first a screening for diplomats
TBILISI, DFWatch–57 percent of foreigners who crossed the border into Georgia in first quarter of 2013 were tourists, according to the first result of a report conducted by the Georgian National Tourism Administration.
Giorgi Sigua, head of the administration, said
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Interior Ministry in Georgia Thursday will hold a screening for media leaders of newly discovered videos of torture and rape, but filming will not be allowed.
A few dozen people will be shown the tapes which were discovered in a buried weapons cache
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Interior Ministry in Georgia changed its mind about publishing videos showing torture of prisoners, but said nine persons have been detained regarding the discovery of the weapons cache where the videos were found.
Minister of Internal Affairs
TBILISI, DFWatch–The head of the Georgian parliament’s human rights committee has come under fire on social networks, after she instructed her committee to investigate whether 12 000 signatures in a petition are real or fake.
The petition is addressed to